The three US leisure destinations Darien Lake (NY), Wet & Wild Splashtown (TX) and Wet & Wild Phoenix (AZ), which were acquired last year by the Six Flags group from former owner EPR Properties (cf. EAP News from May 24th, 2018), will now be (...) read more
Dutch Efteling theme park has announced a complete make-over of its “De Oude Tufferbaan” vintage cars attraction, opened in 1984, at a scheduled investment volume of 1.8 million Euros. As of mid-April this year, visitors to the park will be able to (...) read more
With more than 60 participants from 14 countries, new networking contacts and best practice examples, IAAPA EMEA – the European office of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions – takes a positive stock of its “Winter Forum” (...) read more
Opened in 2017, The Park at OWA in Foley/Alabama (cf. EAP News from July 21st, 2017) has recently announced to add a new attraction to its existing visitor offer this summer: The interactive dark ride – still nameless, the park is currently (...) read more
The World of Wine is the name of a new large-scale visitor attraction that is currently under development in Vila Nova de Gaia, centre of Portuguese port wine production and close to the city of Porto. Initiated by The Fladgate Partnership wine (...) read more
On the site of the former Futurist Theater in the English seaside resort of Scarborough – a theater and cinema complex that was closed in 2014 and demolished last year – a new leisure complex dubbed “Scarborough Flamingo Land Coast” may take shape (...) read more
Dubai’s DXB Entertainments PJSC has officially confirmed this week that the development of Six Flags Dubai, which was announced as part of the Dubai Parks & Resorts complex in 2016 (cf. EAP News from May 19th, 2016), is not proceeding at this (...) read more
New Jersey’s Hurricane Harbor water park, belonging to Six Flags Great Adventure, has recently announced to add a new activity pool with a related lounge deck and dining location to its existing guest offer. The new area with the name “Calypso (...) read more
Zero Latency, the Melbourne/Australia-based provider and operator of free-roam VR attractions, has recently started a partnership with US tech companies Microsoft, HP and Intel to collaborate on the creation of the next generation of Zero Latency (...) read more
SeaWorld Entertainment has appointed Gustavo Antorcha (photo) the group’s new CEO, effective February 18th this year. Previously, Antorcha served as Chief Operating Officer of Carnival Cruise Lines, before that he was a Partner and Managing (...) read more
Merlin Entertainments and Picsolve, provider of digital content capture systems, have recently extended their partnership for the London-based midway attractions Madame Tussauds, the Coca-Cola London Eye and the London Dungeon for five more years. (...) read more
Off the coast of the island state of Bahrain on the Persian Gulf, an “underwater theme park” is currently being created on an area of some 100,000 square meters, which – according to the Bahrain News Agency – is implemented by the Bahrain Tourism (...) read more
The four-star Big Blue Hotel, which is located next to Blackpool Pleasure Beach pier park, was voted second best family hotel in the UK in the course of this year’s “Travellers’ Choice Awards” evaluation conducted by TripAdvisor. The prize, which (...) read more
What can we do to ensure that communication about a crisis does not conclude in a new crisis? “How do I tell my guest?” or rather how do you communicate with media and public in a crisis situation? These and similar questions were asked by (...) read more
Upper Austria’s Leading Family Hotel & Resort Dachsteinkönig (located close to the city of Salzburg) recently launched its first Virtual Reality (VR) gaming room, which is equipped with the HTC Vive Pro and Oculus GO VR systems. Guests can enjoy a (...) read more
Yesterday, Stevensville/Maryland-based Ride Entertainment company has announced the promotion of Eli Parawan to Managing Director of its Parks and Attractions division, effective immediately. Parawan joined Ride Entertainment in 2015, in 2017 he (...) read more
In 2009, Austria’s Falkensteiner hotel group opened the Thermen- & Golfhotel Bad Waltersdorf in the Styria region, the management contract of Falkensteiner for the golf and spa resort expired in December last year. Since January 1st, the resort is (...) read more
We just received the sad news that Fritz Wurms, Managing Director of Germany’s Zoo Safaripark Stukenbrock, has passed away in the night of Sunday to Monday at the age of 66. He leaves behind his wife Elisabeth, his daughter Jeanette and his grandson (...) read more
Yesterday, Parques Reunidos announced the appointment of José Díaz (photo) as new CEO of the Spanish operating group. Thus, Díaz, who succeeds former CEO Fernando Eiroa, returns to the helm of the company he led from 2004 through 2013 as Managing (...) read more
Today, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter has announced its largest expansion until to date: As of April 6th this year, visitors will be able to enter the set of Gringotts Wizarding Bank with its grand hall and dark (...) read more
